Comcast outbids Disney with $65 billion offer for Fox assets

Comcast on Wednesday offered $65 billion for key film and television assets of Rupert Murdoch s 21st Century Fox, topping an offer from Walt Disney Co. for a deal that could create a dominant media-entertainment power.
The move by Comcast, which is the largest US cable provider and also owns the NBCUniversal media group, opens up a new round of competition for the prized assets being shed by the Murdoch family empire.
The deal, if approved, would merge Comcast-owned Universal Studios and the NBC televis